how to code hangman game in python?

[huracan]

hey guys need help in coding hangman game in python . i have it as an assignment and im completely lost dont know where to start from!

[kwljunky]

hey guys need help in coding hangman game in python . i have it as an assignment and im completely lost dont know where to start from!

When is it in for? 

 

Have a google around to get your bearings. 

[Shahnewaz]

Do you have the instructions for the assignment? You'll need to post them here for us to understand what the assignment wants. I'll need more details than just coding a hangman game :unsure: .

[huracan]

Simulate “Hangman” game played by two players. For those who have never played the game, the

rules are simple. One player thinks of a secret word, and the other tries to guess it, letter by letter.

To learn more about “hangman” game, check out this website: http://www.manythings.org/hmf/

For this question, you don’t have to worry about creating user interface. Thus, our Hangman game

is not a “real” Hangman game, but the idea is similar.

 

 

this is the question ! oh and yes im paying attention in the class but programming is not easy!

[huracan]

Pay attention in class

iam man programming is not easy!

[huracan]

When is it in for? 

 

Have a google around to get your bearings. 

i have untill wed but i have a midterm and a essay to write in the same week!  

[kwljunky]

i have untill wed but i have a midterm and a essay to write in the same week!

 

This may help.. 

 

http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/code-snippets-source-code/game-hangman

 

Does your uni not have plagerism detection software?

[huracan]

This may help.. 

 

http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/code-snippets-source-code/game-hangman

 

Does your uni not have plagerism detection software?

i actually found it but i am not suppose to use break function and i am not suppose to import time! so its completely lost!

[kwljunky]

i actually found it but i am not suppose to use break function and i am not suppose to import time! so its completely lost!

Have a look around, Hangman is quite a common task in programming courses there are solutions around. 

 

Don't you have any help from your notes? 

[huracan]

Have a look around, Hangman is quite a common task in programming courses there are solutions around. 

 

Don't you have any help from your notes? 

nope i have to figure it out myself no notes for such kind of tasks!

[huracan]

def Hangman():    word = raw_input("enter the secret word(all in lowercase):")    turns = len(word)+5    guess = raw_input("enter your guess:")    while turns > 0:       for char in word:           if guess == char:               return char,           else:               return "_"       turns -= 1                  

guys this is so far my code for hangman and it is not working!  

[prolemur]

first you have to piece together everything you want the program to do before writing any code: pseudo code

 

eg.

1. enter word
2. guess a letter
3. if the letter is part of the word reveal it
4. if it isnt add a body part
5. keep doing these steps until person is either dead or word is guessed

[huracan]

 

first you have to piece together everything you want the program to do before writing any code: pseudo code

 

eg.

1. enter word
2. guess a letter
3. if the letter is part of the word reveal it
4. if it isnt add a body part
5. keep doing these steps until person is either dead or word is guessed

 

hey man i have the same  pseudo code but implementation is very difficult and i am multitasking reading for my essay and programming at the same time! it is becoming a hell of a lot harder! 

[prolemur]

hey man i have the same  pseudo code but implementation is very difficult and i am multitasking reading for my essay and programming at the same time! it is becoming a hell of a lot harder! 

while (!done) {    cout << "Guess another letter: ";    cin << letter;    for (int i =0; i < word.length; i++) {        if (letter == charAt(i)) {            // show letter        } else {            // lower their score or add body part        }    }}

Soemthing like this for the basic skeleton but I did in c++. cout and cin are just input and outputs btw

[kwljunky]

hey man i have the same  pseudo code but implementation is very difficult and i am multitasking reading for my essay and programming at the same time! it is becoming a hell of a lot harder! 

Show us your progress so far, Telling you the answer straight up is not going to help you at all, making sure you can join the dots will. What exactly are you stuck on? 

 

When you have that eurka moment, oh this goes together like this and this can do this and therefore I can do this, that is more beneficial to you than, here's the answer. 

[huracan]

Show us your progress so far, Telling you the answer straight up is not going to help you at all, making sure you can join the dots will. What exactly are you stuck on? 

 

When you have that eurka moment, oh this goes together like this and this can do this and therefore I can do this, that is more beneficial to you than, here's the answer. 

so far im working on hangman code! but my teacher is asking me to do it in this way 

word = raw_input("enter the secret word")guesses = ''turns = len(word)+5while turns > 0:    failed = 0    for char in word:        if char in guesses:            print char        else:            failed += 1    if failed == 0 :        print "you have won"    guess = raw_input("guess a char: ")    guesses += guess    if guess not in word:        turns -= 1        print "sorry"        if turn == 0:            print"you loose"

[madknight3]

You're getting really close. I was able to play a full game though.

[huracan]

You're getting really close. I was able to play a full game though.

thanks man but it is no good to be honest , my teacher want it a different format. i will pm you the thing

[madknight3]

thanks man but it is no good to be honest , my teacher want it a different format. i will pm you the thing

 

Yeah, it still needs some work but you're making progress.

 

I've copied the required program output from his PM and attached his assignment pdf if anyone wants to take a look at it.

 

 

Game play should look like this (The word/characters in bold face are user input):

 

 

Enter the secret word (all in lowercase): hello

===============================

 

Word so far: *****

Take guess number 1: e

Got it!

 

Word so far: *e***

Take guess number 2: s

Sorry.

 

Word so far:*e***

Take guess number 3: l

Got it!

 

Word so far: *ell*

Take guess number 4: h

Got it!

 

Word so far: hell*

Take guess number 5: o

Got it!

 

Congratulations. You correctly guessed the word: hello

 

Do you want to play one more time? y/n? y

 

Enter the secret word (all in lowercase): two

===============================

 

Word so far: ***

Take guess number 1: e

...

Assignment_2.pdf

[madknight3]

Remember to follow the coding requirements. Right now you don't have any functions and you need at least 3.

 

Here's an easy way to get 2 functions along with some hints on how to repeat multiple games.

def hangman():    # Most of your games code (ie: what you've already got done)def calculate_number_of_guesses(word):    # turn requirement 'a' into a function    # ie: Calculate the number of guesses allowed based on the    # secret word passed in to the functionif __name__ == '__main__':    # In a loop    # Start the game    # When it is done ask the user if they want to continue    # Handle choice appropriately

You'll be able to get more functions from the code in the hangman function.

 

Note, you should probably only use a main function if __name__ == '__main__': if you've learned about it in class.

[huracan]

Remember to follow the coding requirements. Right now you don't have any functions and you need at least 3.

 

Here's an easy way to get 2 functions along with some hints on how to repeat multiple games.

def hangman():    # Most of your games code (ie: what you've already got done)def calculate_number_of_guesses(word):    # turn requirement 'a' into a function    # ie: Calculate the number of guesses allowed based on the    # secret word passed in to the functionif __name__ == '__main__':    # In a loop    # Start the game    # When it is done ask the user if they want to continue    # Handle choice appropriately

You'll be able to get more functions from the code in the hangman function.

 

Note, you should probably only use a main function if __name__ == '__main__': if you've learned about it in class.

Thanks for the heads up but I just have 3hrs until submission I think I will have this submit the present code anyways thanks a lot for the help ! Ibrealky appreciate it 

[madknight3]

Thanks for the heads up but I just have 3hrs until submission I think I will have this submit the present code anyways thanks a lot for the help ! Ibrealky appreciate it 

That's enough time to at least get some more marks even if you can't fully finish it. But it's up to you. Good luck.

[prolemur]

Also teachers really love it when you document your code. good luck

[madknight3]

Also teachers really love it when you document your code. good luck

 

It's also one of the requirements

 

e) Your code should be easy to read and understand. This includes (but isn’t limited to) good variable/function names, code formatting, comments, and docstrings. Place all your functions before the top-level code. The top-level code cannot be one single function call. General structure and logic of your program will also be marked.

 

Should be at least a couple of easy marks there.

[Cybertism]

Here is the full code below, i have taught this code before and would expect something along these lines... Just copy the code below and make sure you alter some of the words so they relate to your education establishment. 

 

Copy the code below:

 

# Hangman Game

#

# The classic game of Hangman.  The computer picks a random word

# and the player wrong to guess it, one letter at a time.  If the player

# can't guess the word in time, the little stick figure gets hanged.

 

# imports

import random

 

# constants

HANGMAN = (

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""")

 

MAX_WRONG = len(HANGMAN) - 1

WORDS = ("PYTHON", "COMPUTING", "ICT", "PROGRAMMING", "HARDWARE", "SOFTWARE", "MONITOR", "KEYBOARD", "MOUSE", "CD", "HARDDRIVE", "PENDRIVE", "FILE", "INTERNET", "CPU", "GPU", "RAM", "BYTE", "ROM", "GUI", "LAN", "DOS", "VIRUS", "BITMAP", "VECTOR", "BROSWER", "CLOCK SPEED", "COOKIE", "DATABASE", "WORD PROCESSING", "EXCEL", "PUBLISHER", "MICROSOFT", "WINDOWS", "FIREWALL", "GIF", "HTML", "BIOS", "INPUT", "OUTPUT")

 

# initialize variables

word = random.choice(WORDS)   # the word to be guessed

so_far = "-" * len(word)      # one dash for each letter in word to be guessed

wrong = 0                     # number of wrong guesses player has made

used = []                     # letters already guessed

 

 

print("Welcome to Hangman.  Good luck!")

 

while wrong < MAX_WRONG and so_far != word:

    print(HANGMAN[wrong])

    print("\nYou've used the following letters:\n", used)

    print("\nSo far, the word is:\n", so_far)

 

    guess = input("\n\nEnter your guess: ")

    guess = guess.upper()

    

    while guess in used:

        print("You've already guessed the letter", guess)

        guess = input("Enter your guess: ")

        guess = guess.upper()

 

    used.append(guess)

 

    if guess in word:

        print("\nYes!", guess, "is in the word!")

 

        # create a new so_far to include guess

        new = ""

        for i in range(len(word)):

            if guess == word:

                new += guess

            else:

                new += so_far              

        so_far = new

 

    else:

        print("\nSorry,", guess, "isn't in the word.")

        wrong += 1

 

if wrong == MAX_WRONG:

    print(HANGMAN[wrong])

    print("\nYou've been hanged!")

else:

    print("\n\n\nYou guessed it!",

          """

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""")

            

print("\nThe word was", word)

 

input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")